Hame-loop.



G. SIEGENTHALER.

HAME LOOP.'

APPLICATION FILED AP11.23.191s.

1,292,109. Patented .1111.211919 f 1- Clttoznarp GEORGE SIEGENTIIALER, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

RAME-LOOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 21, 1919.

Application led April 23, 1918. Serial No. 230,298.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SIEGEN- THALER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Haine-Loop, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of the present invention is a hame loop intended for attachment to a hame-bar and to receive the strap which extends across the top of the collar and connects the hame-bars.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a loop which may be adjusted longitudinally of the bar so as to accommodate the hames to various sizes of collars, and to provide for varying draft conditions.

A still further object within the contemplation of the invention is the provision of means for locking the loop to the hame-bar.

The invention also contemplates generally improving the structure and enhancing the utility of hame loops.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the device shown in place upon a hame-bar;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference A hame-bar is indicated by the numeral 1, and the bar is provided with transverse notches or grooves 2 arranged longitudinally of its outer edge.

A loop 3 encircles the bar, along which it is slidable longitudinally, and the loop is formed with a slot 4 at its inner end for the reception of the upper hame strap, not

Gopiel of this patent may be obtained for ave cents shown. At its outer end the loop is provided with a longitudinal bore 5 which opens into the main or bar receiving aperture of the loop, and a key 6 is mounted to rotate in the bore.

The key 6 has a reduced or cut-away portion 7 which is adapted to conform to the contour of the outer edge of the hame-bar when the key is thrown to open position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. This permits the loop to be slid or shifted longitudinally of the hame-bar. When the key is thrown to locked position, the reduced portion enters one of the depressions or grooves 2 and locks the loop against movement.

For the purpose of operating the key, a lever 8 is attached to one end of the key and this lever is provided with a knob or boss 9 which is positioned to enter a recess 10, formed in the face of the loop, when the lever is thrown to key closing position.

From the foregoing it will be evident that, with the loop herein described, a perfect adjustment of the hames to the collar may be had.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

1. A hame loop formed to slidingly engage a hame-bar, a strap retaining element at the inner end of the loop, a key rotatable in the outer end of the loop, there being a reduced portion on the key. andmeans for rotating the key, whereby the key will engage or disengage a hame-bar.

2. The combination with a hame-bar having notches arranged longitudinally of its outer edge, of a loop slidable on thel bar, a strap engaging element at the inner end of the loop, a key mounted in the outer end of the loop, there being a reduced portion on the key, and means for throwing the key into or out of a notch to lock the loop on or release it to slide upon the hame-bar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of a witness.

GEORGE SIEGENTHALER. Witness:

DAVID B. Lo

each, by addressing the "Commissioner of latents,

Washington, D. C." 

